Banana industry meeting in Cairns

Organisers are expecting up to 600 delegates to attend, to hear about production, marketing, disease management and vigilant control of imports.

The chairman of the Australian Banana Growers Council, Gary McCudden, says threats to growers, including black sigatoka, will be high on the agenda.

"The north Queensland industry has got that eradicated now and they'll be looking for area freedom with that in the future, and the other big industry [issue] is the import application...they're the two main issues on hand at the moment," he said.